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Calopogon barbatus

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ15442148 ↗
Source-derived summary

Calopogon barbatus, the bearded grass-pink, is a species of orchid native to the southeastern United States, from Louisiana to North Carolina.

Distribution

Calopogon barbatus grow in wet, acidic, sandy grasslands and pine savannas across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina, USA, at elevations from sea level to 100 meters.

Editorial summary

“Calopogon barbatus” enters the record as species of plant. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Calopogon, barbatus and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 53-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Calopogon, barbatus and species.
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Why this record matters

“Calopogon barbatus” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Calopogon, barbatus and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15442148. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

Current terminology should not be projected backward without checking the classification used when the underlying evidence was created. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Calopogon barbatus primary sources, Calopogon barbatus archive and Calopogon research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. Which observation, specimen, dataset or publication supports the account?
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This entry incorporates text from “Calopogon barbatus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.